CVE-2008-5185

Exp

The highlighting functionality in geshi.php in GeSHi before 1.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an XML sequence containing an opening delimiter without a closing delimiter, as demonstrated using "<".

Published: 2008-11-21 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5185 is rated High Exploit Risk (65/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.89%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5185

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32596 exploit_db edb 2008-11-20 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5185

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 5.00% 3.89% -1.11%
2 2026-03-18 5.63% 5.00% -0.63%
3 2026-02-19 — 5.63% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5185

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5185

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5185

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2008-5185 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (geshi), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5185
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-5185 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (geshi), 11 status rows across 11 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 6, ignored 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5185

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5185

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
geshi geshi <= 1.0.7.22 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.2_beta_1 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.2_beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.6 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.7 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.8 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.9 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.10 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.11 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.12 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.13 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.14 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.15 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.16 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.17 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.18 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.19 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.20 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geshi geshi 1.0.7.21 cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5185

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